What is the best job to have in 2013?

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Updated 6:37 AM ET, Thu April 25, 2013

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No. 1 job: Actuary – According to the job search site CareerCast, actuaries have the best jobs of 2013, based on criteria of income, stress, work environment and growth outlook. The job entails analyzing statistics to calculate the risk of death, illness or injury, often for insurance purposes.

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No. 2: Biomedical engineer – This field of health care has the strongest hiring outlook out of the top 10 jobs.

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No. 3: Software engineer – Software and their creators will have to adapt quickly to evolving technology, with cloud computing being the current big change, the report points out.

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No. 4: Audiologist – As the U.S. population ages, audiologists are in demand and enjoy a low-stress job.

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No. 5: Financial planner – Wealth managers have the highest income of the top 10 jobs list, averaging $107,222 per year.

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No. 6: Dental hygienist – According to the report, opportunities for dental hygienists are expected to grow considerably by 2020.

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No. 7: Occupational therapist – Occupational therapists help injured or ill people achieve independence by adjusting their environment and suggesting equipment, a field seen as important for the aging population.

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No 8: Optometrist – Again, as the population ages, a large group of elderly people with failing eyesight will seek help for their vision.

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No. 9: Physical therapist – Physical therapists help injured people achieve better mobility, another field that will benefit from the aging population.

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No. 10: Computer systems analyst – The report points out that managing networks will become more important as companies transition from hard-copy files to digital formats.

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Best jobs ranked by U.S. job site

Top is actuary, bottom is newspaper reporter

Top 10 jobs dominated by health-care sector

Actor or actuary? What is the best job in the world?

According to U.S. job site CareerCast, it's the latter. The company has ranked a list of 200 jobs to find the "best" based on four criteria: work environment, income, hiring outlook and stress levels.

Most of the statistics used to create the rankings came from U.S. government agencies.

Dominating the top 10 spots are health-care sector jobs, which are expected to grow as the American population ages.

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On the other end of the spectrum, the lowest ranked job is newspaper reporter, reflecting the continuing decline of print media, followed by lumberjack, enlisted military personnel, actor and oil rig worker.

Would you rather compile statistics than tread the boards? What do you think constitutes the "best" job? Have your say in the comments, below.